Word For The Day, Friday, 9/20/02

The Verbivores | 9/20/02 | Teacher

[RikaStrom]

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “word for the day”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on....

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dilettante \DIL-uh-tahnt; dil-uh-TAHNT; dil-uh-TAHN-tee; -TANT; TAN-tee\, noun; :
dilettantes, also dilettanti \-TAHN-tee; -TAN-\; plural
dilettante, dilettantish; adjective
dilettantism; noun

1. An admirer or lover of the fine arts.
2. An amateur; especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge sporadically, superficially, or for amusement only.
3. Of or characteristic of a dilettante; amateurish
4. An admirer or lover of the fine arts; popularly, an amateur; especially, one who follows an art or a branch of knowledge, desultorily, or for amusement only.

At first his colleagues tended to dismiss this witty young dilettante poet as a scientific lightweight, even if he was an agreeable addition to their dinner table.
--"Dr Alex Comfort," Times (London), March 28, 2000

Etymology: Italian, from present participle of dilettare to delight, from Latin dilectare. Date: 1748

[Bella_Bru]

Next week's teacher has a habit of opening the classroom too early. ;-)

[xsmommy]

New reality tvshow dilettantes for President!~!

[xsmommy]

i like the early openings, keeps 'em guessing!

[maxwell]

Whoops forgot a Chick... Deserve smacking...

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I'm severly depressed now.........Do you not give any allowances for the "between 41 and 45" age range? I don't like being a Yugo............sigh........

[maxwell]

Huh? I thought YOU were hot, relaxed and convinced of your own beauty, chickie...

[lds23]

Why is it that, except for the military, almost everything the government sets out to fix ends up in quagmires. With virtually no improvement in the original problem, but now with the added burden of bureaucratic second-guessers, buck-passers, and the never-ending prospect of continued papering over with more and more mumbling and bumbling. Senate Exempts 40 airports from deadline.

On a happier note, we went to pick up the rings yesterday. The countdown is now 8 days.

So if during the next week, I don't get here as often as I'd like, I'm off coordinating the various and sundry. And after that, I'll be nowhere near a PC for a week.

[TheGrimReaper]

If "Bl*w-j*b Billy" tells them to lie.... they ALL lie!

Not playing hooky... just don't generally "do Fridays". 8-)

[xsmommy]

not to tell tales or anything, but rikateach actually SPELLED THAT COMPLETELY OUT the other day in class....

[xsmommy]

. And after that, I'll be nowhere near a PC for a week.

WHAT??? you aren't taking us on the honeymoon????? ; )

[xsmommy]

he depressed me too. i guess we are just immature for our ages....

[TheGrimReaper]

Teach was, perhaps, fantasizing???
8-o

[xsmommy]

eeks grimmy... you like to live on the edge or somethin'? i don't think teach is going to take kindly to that remark!!

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Well your note jumps from "warm and desirable" to "lost the war"......

[doubled]

Does this man look like Robert B. Reicccccccchhhhhhhhhh? I think we have been infiltrated!!

[TheGrimReaper]

I see you keep copying these posts to RS... you damned instigator!!
OK, so I'm the wise-guy in the back row......

[xsmommy]

he does NOT!!! I have been up close and personal with robt III reich and he would not stand as tall as that fence behind the handsome lds and his lovely affianced!

[hobbes1]

I have been up close and personal with robt III reich

I knew the Midget in the Xtra Salacious pic of you and the Lawnboys looked familiar.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

LOL.....I've been called immature before - I just never realized that was a compliment, until now......thanks XS!

[xsmommy]

immature but responsible. i think that is a pretty good way to describe us.; )